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Missing. 150–200 [1] Property damage. One dam collapsed. 20 villages destroyed. Houses of 50,000 residents damaged/destroyed. The Arbaat Dam, north of Port Sudan, Sudan, collapsed on 24 August 2024, killing at least 148 people with many more missing. [2] The collapse was triggered by severe rainfall and consequent flooding.
Record rainfall Friday trigged flash floods at Death Valley National Park that swept away cars, closed all roads and stranded hundreds of visitors and workers. There were no immediate reports of ...
In early February 2024, two atmospheric rivers brought extensive flooding, intense winds, and power outages to portions of California. The storms caused record-breaking rainfall totals to be observed in multiple areas, as well as the declaration of states of emergency in multiple counties in Southern California. [3][4] Wind gusts of hurricane ...
Flash flooding triggered by a near-record downpour on Friday over one of the hottest, driest spots on Earth has stranded nearly 1,000 people inside California's Death Valley National Park and ...
Heavy rainfall hit Death Valley National Park (DVNP) and surrounding areas on Friday, August 5, causing flash flooding and road closures.Footage shot by Laura Cunningham shows water winding its ...
Death Valley. Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is thought to be the hottest place on Earth during summer. [3] Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. [1]
Temperatures reached 128F in Death Valley, Calif. on Sunday, while at least 5 people were killed in flash flooding in Bucks County, Pa.
A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, or tropical storm, or by meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. Flash floods may also occur after the collapse of a natural ice or debris dam ...